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Cherleton, Edward (1370 - 1420/1)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1370
Death Date: 1421-03-14

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1399-6
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1408
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • Lord of Powis

Titles

  • 5th Baron Cherleton
    Assumed: 1401-10-19
    Vacated: 1420/1-03-14
  • Lord of Powis
    Assumed: 1401-10-19
    Vacated: 1420/1-03-14

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 26 Nov. 1401

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Herefordshire 1401
JP, Herefordshire 1404 1407/8
JP, Shropshire 1407/8
JP, Shropshire 1409/10
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1410/11
JP, Herefordshire 1412/13
JP, Shropshire 1412/13
JP, Shropshire 1415/16
JP, Shropshire 1418/19
JP, Shropshire 1420

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Powys Castle, Montgomeryshire
    Also known as Welshpool or Pole Castle

Lands

  • Shropshire
  • Wales

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord of Powis' Minstrel/s
Performance - Bailiff's House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Powis' Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Powis' Entertainers Cherleton, Edward (1370 - 1421) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord of Powis' Minstrel/s Cherleton, Edward (1370 - 1421) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.